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Old December 13th, 2004, 05:50 PM
Victoria
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Hi all,

Im on day 17 of Atkins and am down 6 or 7 pounds. Feels like its going slow...
Ive done Atkins before with mucho success, but I dont recall how fast I lost.
Is this amount within the to be expected range?


Victoria
from beautiful El Granada


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Old December 13th, 2004, 08:07 PM
Victoria
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Thanks!
I have abour 40 pounds to lose.
I exercise 5 times a week.
I know i need to be patient!!


Victoria
from beautiful El Granada


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Old December 13th, 2004, 08:07 PM
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Thanks!
I have abour 40 pounds to lose.
I exercise 5 times a week.
I know i need to be patient!!


Victoria
from beautiful El Granada


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Old December 13th, 2004, 10:06 PM
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Victoria wrote:

Im on day 17 of Atkins and am down 6 or 7 pounds.


Some objectivity stuff:

A stall is 4+ weeks in ketosis without a new low without a
lost inch, according to Dr Atkins. You're so far from stalled
it isn't funny.

The time scale for fat loss is month to month not week to
week or day to day. of course everyone hates this fact
but hating a fact does not convert it into fiction. How have
you done in the last month? Check.

Much of the initial loss of Induction is water. There is no
good way to tell how much of Induction loss is water, just
that some is fat and some is water. Now let's run some
numbers: Fat is 3500-4000 calories per pound. The fastest
possible fat loss under calorie-driven circumstances is
around 2 pounds per week with only folks with over 100
to lose dropping fat faster. Carbs are under half that per
pound but carbs are stored dissolved in far more water
than that. Induction drains stored carbs, so Induction loss
includes the water the carbs were stored in. At over 2 per
week it *had* to be something other than fat.

The body only stores just so much carb dissolved in just
so much water. You have reached the point where the
loss is all fat now.

Few lose during week three. It is a normal predictable
part of the process. There are two main ways to resolve
it. One, follow the directions and move on the OWL with
a daily quota of 25. Two, allow the calendar to not say
weeks 3-4 any more (easy to do but actually less effective
than actually following the directions).

Feels like its going slow...


Yup, but it's not actually going slow. Feelings aren't
always facts. The *fact* is you have just lost at about
3-4 times the ideal rate for keeping it off.

Relax. You are doing fine. Move on to OWL; follow the
directions. Induction worked great for you, so will OWL.

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Old December 13th, 2004, 10:06 PM
Doug Freyburger
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Victoria wrote:

Im on day 17 of Atkins and am down 6 or 7 pounds.


Some objectivity stuff:

A stall is 4+ weeks in ketosis without a new low without a
lost inch, according to Dr Atkins. You're so far from stalled
it isn't funny.

The time scale for fat loss is month to month not week to
week or day to day. of course everyone hates this fact
but hating a fact does not convert it into fiction. How have
you done in the last month? Check.

Much of the initial loss of Induction is water. There is no
good way to tell how much of Induction loss is water, just
that some is fat and some is water. Now let's run some
numbers: Fat is 3500-4000 calories per pound. The fastest
possible fat loss under calorie-driven circumstances is
around 2 pounds per week with only folks with over 100
to lose dropping fat faster. Carbs are under half that per
pound but carbs are stored dissolved in far more water
than that. Induction drains stored carbs, so Induction loss
includes the water the carbs were stored in. At over 2 per
week it *had* to be something other than fat.

The body only stores just so much carb dissolved in just
so much water. You have reached the point where the
loss is all fat now.

Few lose during week three. It is a normal predictable
part of the process. There are two main ways to resolve
it. One, follow the directions and move on the OWL with
a daily quota of 25. Two, allow the calendar to not say
weeks 3-4 any more (easy to do but actually less effective
than actually following the directions).

Feels like its going slow...


Yup, but it's not actually going slow. Feelings aren't
always facts. The *fact* is you have just lost at about
3-4 times the ideal rate for keeping it off.

Relax. You are doing fine. Move on to OWL; follow the
directions. Induction worked great for you, so will OWL.

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Old December 14th, 2004, 01:55 AM
Victoria
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Yup, but it's not actually going slow. Feelings aren't
always facts. The *fact* is you have just lost at about
3-4 times the ideal rate for keeping it off.

Relax. You are doing fine. Move on to OWL; follow the
directions. Induction worked great for you, so will OWL.


Thanks and I will!


Victoria
from beautiful El Granada


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Old December 14th, 2004, 01:55 AM
Victoria
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Yup, but it's not actually going slow. Feelings aren't
always facts. The *fact* is you have just lost at about
3-4 times the ideal rate for keeping it off.

Relax. You are doing fine. Move on to OWL; follow the
directions. Induction worked great for you, so will OWL.


Thanks and I will!


Victoria
from beautiful El Granada


 




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